postpone
verbecourant dans les dialogues
- Royaume-Uni//pəʊstˈpəʊn//
- Canada//poʊstˈpoʊn//
- Australie//pəʉstˈpəʉn//
- Australie/[pɐʉstˈpɐʉn]/
- Nouvelle-Zélande//pɐʉstˈpɐʉn//
To delay or put off an event, appointment, etc.
verbe
- 1
To delay or put off an event, appointment, etc.
“[…] Churchill, my dear fellow, we have such greedy sharks, and wolves in lamb's clothing. Oh, dear, there's so much to tell you, so many warnings to give you, but all that must be postponed for the moment.”
Significant rail projects have been mothballed before in the face of changed circumstances – in particular, the LNER Woodhead project which was postponed due to wartime conditions and not revived until 1948, as money became available after nationalisation.
- 2
obsolèteTo place after in order; to deem less important.
Why should the See of Antioch, that most ancient and truly Apostolical Church, where the Christian name began […] be postponed to Alexandria?
Étymologie
From Latin postpōnō (“to put after; to postpone”) from post (“after”) + pōnō (“to put; to place”), compare forestall.
Formes
- passé
- postponed
- participe passé
- postponed
- participe présent
- postponing
- 3ᵉ personne du singulier
- postpones
postpone · To delay or put off an event, appointment, etc.
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